A Method of Government for such Publick Working Alms-houses as may be Erected in Every Country for Bringing all Idle Hands to Industry. As the Best Known Expedient for Restoring and Advancing the Woollen Manufacture
A Method of Government for such Publick Working Alms-houses as may be Erected in Every Country for Bringing all Idle Hands to Industry. As the Best Known Expedient for Restoring and Advancing the Woollen Manufacture
Description:
The use of imprisoned labor predates industrialization. Often incarcerated for no other reason than being poor, people were pulled from the workhouse for labor in the British woolen industry.